Datacard: Project management office (PMO) - Maturity assessment

A recent study by ESI revealed that 60% of large corporates have more than one Project Management Office function, therefore decentralisation is common.

Over one third of PMO’s have more than ten members of staff based at different locations. Frequently they are split between IT, other business functions, and board level

Project managers sometimes report directly to the PMO function. However more than half of project managers surveyed by ESI were found to report elsewhere

PMO functions are increasing in maturity which means we will see more project managers working closely with PMO’s in future. As a consequence, this will allow greater opportunity for standardisation, using embedded tools and processes

There are several ways for a PMO to operate, and all have the objective of providing operational efficiencies and supporting the successful delivery of change. This is where our PMO maturity assessment can add real value